>>24400131
"Duh!

Everyone -barring hound- can get on the ship now!"

>>24400131
"There's only one correct answer to that question. Of course! The only way I could do this quicker is if I lifted you all in with TK."

>>24400131
"I'll have to be careful, hasn't been painted yet and I don't want to scrape the hull."

"Duh!" You say. "Everyone - barring hound - can get on the ship now!"
Lil'summer, on your head, meowed as all of you filed your way into the ship proper. It was just like the one in Summer's manifestation, but... much, much more personal now. More *real*. It smelled and felt like... like yours.
Laurent strapped himself down in the lounge, as Sarvesh and Summer did the same, while Omnissiah clamped himself down in the dock.
"I'm excited." He said. He kept his cables retracted, though, so he was simply using the dock as a seat.

Outside the ship, hound unclasped the hangar doors, and made his way out, trying to fix his humidity settings some more. You quickly mess with the controls, and get the hangar depressurized, then open the doors. Still outside, drifting some distance from the station, was.. Wyvern.
You caught a transmission from it as you looked out, still
"Oh man, are you taking off? Are you? Come on out here so I can get aboard!" Anna's voice came through the comms. "And you still need to set the transponder and paint the thing, but still!"

>>24400248
>MY TRIPS ARE LEAVING ON THEIR OWN!

>>24400248
Pick the lady up.

>>24400248
3.2.1.blast off!

>>24400248
"Woah, slow down! I'm taking this slow and easy for now."

>>24400248

pick her up "test flight first, painting later!"

<Hound is Summer's father's bodyguard, she barred him from coming with us.>

>>24400248
"I'll pick you up, but hound is wating in the hangar for the bigwig on board"

>>24400248
Go pick her up.

<Don't worry, Hound's back on the station. Probably still trying to fix the humidity settings on his exosuit. Shame how things like that can break so suddenly in old suits.>

"Woah, slow down!" You call. "I'm taking this slow and easy for now." You say, and turn on the engine. The ship, yet unnamed, thrummed behind you, the engine shaking... and then carefully, you oriented the primary thrust downward and backward, and slowly eased it up. Your ship slid carefully out of the hangar, and then gravity started to fade as you slowed and reoriented yourself. Then, still carefully, you edged closer to Wyvern, unused to how your ship moved and felt. Wyvern, for her part, gently rolled onto her back so that both of your docking ports were oriented the same way.

"You ready?" Anna asked.
"Ready." You say, and both of you clasped your ships together with a hiss. Anna floated in through the docking port in her exosuit, waving to Summer, her father, and Sarvesh, all still strapped down.
<Hound's back on the station.> You say. <Probably still trying to fix the humidity settings on his exosuit. Shame how things like that can break so suddenly in old suits.>
Anna gave an evil, evil chuckle... then introduced herself to Laurent.
"So, what's the plan?" Sarvesh asked. "Put her through her paces? See how fast she can go, both in and out of bubble drive?"

>>24400382
"lets see what we can pull out of bubble first"
<are you ready for your first test creation mine?>

>>24400382

"let's start slow and work our way up, we have important guest on board."

>>24400382
"Basically."
Let's do this shit.

>>24400382
"Alright. I'll make sure to be careful and not blow the fuses. We'll start very low, though. I don't want to endanger the VIP."

"Alright." You say. "I'll make sure to be careful and not blow the fuses. We'll start very low, though."
"Alright!" Anna said, and sat herself in the copilot seat, strapping herself in.
<Are you ready for your first test, creation mine?>
<We are, her majesty!> The ship responded, the individual components creating a... gestalt voice of their very own.

Carefully, you ease the ship forward, firing away from the asteroid belt. Carefully, you increase the thrust, accelerating, pushing yourself back in your seat. The two massive ion thrusters on either side of the ship proper start humming loudly, the ship shaking, and you tear off into space.
"... Okay, yeah." Anna said, looking at your speed. "Your rate of acceleration is around fifty KMH a minute. That's almost as good as the Wyvern."
Then, you check how fast you can stop. Wheeling the massive thrusters around, you slam on the thrusters, and get tugged forward, stopping almost on the spot.
"... She's more manuvuerable outside of atmosphere, at least." Anna said. "At least, it feels it."
"It is, I believe." Omnissiah responded from his dock. Behind the cockpit, in the 'lounge' room where everybody else was, you could hear them talking.

>>24400581
<system check; we leaking anywhere? Helios are you working properly?>

>>24400581
"...Shall we see how fast the bubble drive will edge out at? I'd planned it at two fifty, but with the extra power...we might be able to squeeze a little more."

>>24400581

acceleration: check
Maneuverability: check

check the individual components for sudden wear and tear.

<Systems check; We leaking anywhere? Helios, are you working properly?>
<I am, yes. You're using merely half of my total power.> Helios said.
<We're okay!> Most of the phaeron control systems said.
<I... I could use a little maintenance.> The tiniest control system said, nervously. <I let out a little gas last time on accident. It- it all got caught by the life support, though. There's no risk of anything *bad* happening, it's just... kind of... umm... wasteful.>
<Point three units of phaeron gas has been filtered.> The life support said. <Atmosphere is kept in human ranges, otherwise. Everything is functional.>
<Ach, my brother an' I are read an' rarin ta' go!> The massive engines made to turn the primary ion thrusters said.
<I am deactivated.> The lounge's kitchen zero-g stove 'top' said.
You got slightly dizzy, with all of these things speaking at once, but you shake it off rather easily.
"Shall we see how fast the bubble drive will edge out at?" You ask. "I'd planned it at two fifty, but with the extra power, we might be able to squeeze a little more."
"Let's see..." Anna said, pulling up the navigational computers. She quickly plotted out a round course with as minimum celestial objects as possible. "Here, let's try this." She said.

>>24400696
<Fasten your seatbelts, everyone.> Through the speakers.

<I'll take good care of you when we get back, tiniest control system~>

>>24400696
>over the intercomm
"ladies and gents we are now entering bubble drive please make sure your seat belts are on and your tray tables are in the upright and locked position"

>>24400696

<don't worry, every system is important, I'll give to proper maintenance when we get back.>

>>24400749

>give you proper

>>24400696
<You guys are the best, and don't worry little control system, I'll fix you up soon.>

"Let's do this. Full power!"

<Okay guys, let's see what we can do! Full power Helios!>

>>24400765
Noooo, full power will burn the fuses out.

>>24400776
We picked up super!fuses from Newt.

>>24400696
"It's interesting, all the components are speaking, not just one voice like with everything else."

>>24400814
OOC it's because we haven't named it. The ship is just a mishmash of individual parts.

You flip on the intercom.
"Ladies and Gents, we are now entering bubble drive." You say. "Please make sure your seatbelts are on, and your tray tables are in the upright and locked position."
You heard Summer start to giggle, and Sarvesh started reaching for more straps for himself, just in case.
<I'll take good care of you when we get back, tiniest control system~>
<B-but I... umm... okay~> It responded, and you felt it blush.

"Let's do this!" you call, and slam into bubble drive.
Nothing shook. Nothing trembled.
You smoothly slid into bubble drive, your front screen going bright green as the filters darkened it, and your speed counter made it's way up. You triggered Helios to increase power bar by bar, as you turned up the bubble drive, keeping the power drain and the remaining power around equal. With your bubble drive turned to max, and helios up to a full 95%, the bubble drive started shaking, slightly, and your speed was...
285kC. Much, much, *much* faster than projected. Almost a full 25 thousand times the speed of light, in fact.

Anna goggled at it.
"You didn't even *feel* that, did you?" She asked. "I've *never* had a bubble drive work that smoothly."
"Damien asked me to design an algorithm to fuse into the navigational systems." Omnissiah said. "To pre-saturate and orient the drive plates before entering bubble drive."

>>24400830
"Omni, wow. I...are you saying you made it super smooth for me?"

>>24400830
"Holy shit, Niss. That's amazing."

>>24400830

"neat," let's slow down until the shaking stops and make a note of it.

when stop we should ask the specific parts of the ship that regulate space travel if anything's out of the ordinary.

>>24400830
thanks omni.

"this is your pilot speaking, we're currently crusing at an approximate 285 kc and should be arriving anywhere soon"

>>24400830
"It's amazing! Thanks, Omni."

>285000 times the speed of light is almost 25000 times the speed of light
Er, ok...

>>24400830
>285kC. Much, much, *much* faster than projected. Almost a full 25 thousand times the speed of light, in fact.
isn't 1 c the speed of light making that 285,000 time faster?

>>24400875
that was a measure of how much better it was...

>>24400830
"Is your algorithm making the drive work that extra bit as well, Omni?"

>>24400830
Blink
"Tat's... that's incredible! Thank you Omni!"

>>24400830
license that software, make a killing

>>24400925
this oh god. provided it doesn't already exist, which it shouldn't seeing as Anna doesn't have one.

>>24400875
>285000 times the speed of light is almost 25000 times the speed of light *better* than the speed you estimated the ship would go at; 260kC.

"Holy shit, Niss." you say. "That's amazing. License that software, you'll make a killing. Is it also making the drive work that extra bit as well, Omni?"
"No, but I likely could write one, if I were to utilize a very powerful computer for long enough." He said.

"This is your pilot speaking, we're currently cruising at an approximate two eighty five kC, and should be arriving... well, anywhere, soon." You say.
"Whoo!" Summer called, from the other room.

>>24400925
Hey, that's Omni's killing. He needs it to finance his glorious AI revolution.

>>24400971
"Where are we heading, Anna?"

>>24400971

let's adjust our course back to the station, they still expect us to give demonstrations.

>>24400971

systems check for the core, Engine and that tiny system.

>>24400971
"Do you want to fly it back, Anna?"

"Where are we heading, Anna?"
"Circling UPA space." Anna said. "Though we could find a small moon that you can practice atmospheric landings on, somewhere." She said.
"No, let's get back to the station." You say, and carefully pull back out of bubble drive, slipping out just as smoothly as you went in. Omnissiah's camera turned to the gyroscope to see how little it jostled, and you felt him feel a little pride. You take the navigational computer, and look through it- it was better than the one on the Wyvern, that was for sure. You directed it back to the station, turned the ship around, and slipped back into bubble drive.

Some time later, with no real problems (Other than the tiniest phaeron control system's leak in the left thruster), you soared back toward the station, Wyvern still rolled 'upside down' from the station's perspective.
"Well, I'd best get back." Anna said, pulling shut the cockpit door for enough time to give you a kiss. "I'll see you monday, okay?"

>>24400999
>>24401019
The course is a circle. It goes back to the station.

>>24401091
"Looking forward to it!"

Now fix that leak, unless it's time for demonstrations already.

Rolled 78

>>24401091
sure thing anna.

my regards if you should see newt the engine is FANTASTIC

>>24401091
"Take care and stay safe!"

>>24401091
"Summer, there's one thing missing that I need you to manifest. Fuzzy dice."

"Looking forward to it!" you say. "Take care and stay safe!"
"I will!" She said, and pulled open the cockpit door again, slipping on her helmet. "I can't dock when I'm not inside, so I'll have to spacewalk to it. See you guys!"
"It was a pleasure meeting you." Laurent said, as Summer suddenly stopped... and grabbed Lil'summer in her mouth, and focused... and suddenly Lil'summer had a little kitty spacesuit.
"Here! Take her with you!"
"I will!" Anna said, hugging the kitty spacesuit.
"Summer, there's one thing missing that I need you to manifest." You say. "Fuzzy dice."
"Fuzzy what?" She asked. "Dice? Okay..."
Suddenly, two cubes of fluff appeared.
"What, is it something retro about ships?" She asked.

>>24401160
"Hell yes. All I need now is a 'bitching paint job."

>>24401178
And a name. And to set the transponder. And to give the tiniest control system some maintenance~.

>>24401160
"Yup! Look it up on the Extranet!"

Lets dock carefully and slowly

>>24401160
"I cannot thank you all enough for helping me build this thing."

>>24401160

make sure Anna makes it safely to Wyvern, then dock at the station.

>>24401160
"Not just about ships. Vehicles in general."

"Hell yes. Look it up on the extranet!" You say, and hang them on the view projector, so that they dangle down in the cockpit. "All I need now is a bitching paint job."
"I can modify the maintenance drones to have a painting function." Omnissiah said. "It will take a short time, though. I'm not sure how to quantify 'bitching', however."
You have them all strap themselves in again, and carefully dock again, sliding into the hangar with a minimum of crashing and dying... other than a slight screech as you skidded across a discarded broken tool, making it scrape against your shiny new hull. No permenant damage, you don't think.
"I cannot thank you all enough for helping me build this thing."
"Hey, you're ferrying me home this weekend with it." Sarvesh said.
"And you're my roommate, I gotta help." Summer said, and Winter added in a 'yeah!'.
"I didn't help at all." Laurent said.
"... You're my very best friend." Omnissiah responded, quietly, during the bustle where everybody unstrapped themselves. "It makes me happy to help you."

>>24401242
"C'mere and give me a big ol hug, Omni."

>>24401242
"I'm glad to have such amazing friends. Thank you all."
Group hug time!

>>24401242

give everyone in order a hug, shake Laurent's hand.

after that, fixing time. where ya at, tiny one?

technopathic hug for Omni. send warm feelings his way

>>24401242
"When's the demonstrations starting, Sarvesh? There's a little circuit I need to take care of for a while."

>>24401302
"Hey Littlest Circuit, wanna /ss/?"

"C'mere and give me a big ol hug, Omni."
The drone hugged you tightly, the camera blinking off as he closed his 'eye', nuzzling part of his shell against you. "I'm glad to have such amazing friends." You say, and pull everyone except Laurent into a hug. You shake the man's hand.
"When's the demonstrations starting, Sarvesh?" You ask. "There's a little circuit I need to take care of for a while."
"Not long from now. After lunch is over." Sarvesh said. "You have time."

The hangar hissed as atmosphere entered again, and Laurent made his way out.
"... Thank you for giving me a ride." He said, with a nod and a grin. "And you'll always have a place at GreyCorp, if you want it."
"Daad." Summer said, and sighed.

>>24401362
"GreyCorp? Thank you for the offer."

"...Have you ever had a woman named Allison work for you?"

>>24401362

"thank you for your kind offer."

time to molest our subconscious

one of the things we should do is start putting Armatek under legal pressure. Slavery and murder are hopefully big no-nos and we have several people who can testify and still have the implants within their bodies.

>>24401424
I've got a better plan. We plug Omni in to a supercomputer, then tell him to destabilise ArmaTek.

>>24401362
<Ohhhhh, tiny circuit, where are you~>

"Greycorp?" You ask. "Thank you for the offer."
"We'd be better off if we were to have you." He said. "And to be honest, it'd also mean depriving our competitors from having you."
"No poaching my friends, dad." Summer said, and he just laughed, patting her head. She purred.
"... Have you ever had a woman named Allison work for you?"
"Allison Leery? No, she worked for one of said competitors." He said. "Why do you ask?"

>>24401451
Or hack them and leak the files

>>24401424
Speaking of which, did we actually burn the implants out, or just disable them?

>>24401466
"My name is Heather Leery. Allison is my mother."

>>24401466
"Heh, she's my mom. Didn't like it there though."

>>24401466

"no reason, she is my mother and i thought she might have worked for your company."

>>24401466
"Oh, just curious."

>>24401480
Thetas we burned, Rhos we turned off and deleted any commands. Epsilon crushed his. We still need to get Delta eventually but hes dangerous according to Isaac.

>>24401518

actually we cracked Theta's chip, I assume he has extracted the remains of it from his head already.

>>24401518
Well, in that case Rho should probably have the thing removed. If Armatek found a way to reactivate it, shit could go bad fast.

>>24401466
<Circuit-kun, where are you.>

"Heh, she's my mom." You say. "Didn't like it there, though."
"... Huh." He said. "Well, makes sense. Like mother like daughter."
He shook your hand again, and scritched summer's head, before giving Winter a Look, and looking back at you. "I'd best go say hello to Hound again." He said. "C'mon, summer."
You turn back to the ship. <Oh tiny circuit, where aaaare yoooou~?> You ask, wielding your screwdriver. You felt the circuit blush again, and almost quiver in anticipation.

Some time later, the circuit was entirely fixed, the defect patched over, and your ship, in pretty much every way, was perfect.

In the corner, Omnissiah was working with cables and one of the drones, giving it the ability to change the hue of polycarbon- a paintbot.

"Well, what do we do now?" Sarvesh asked. "Name it, get to lunch?"

>>24401560

Rho removed it from her brain by teleporting it out.

>>24401592
name!

>>24401592
"Lunch. We can think about names while eating."

>>24401592
"Yeah. A celebratory lunch sounds good."

>>24401592
"Name it, set drones to paint, and then eat!"

>>24401614
The name is Lunch

>>24401592

Name it, i think Gryphon fits better but i'm fine with whatever (unless it's ridiculously bad).

>>24401592
"I can't come up with anything when I'm hungry. Let's go get some lunch."

>>24401642
>Surya
>the Supreme Light
>hindu sun god
it's not bad

"Lunch." You say. "We can think about names while eating."
"Very well." He said, and the two of you made your way down to the cafeteria.
"Well, normally we name ships after spirits and gods." Sarvesh said. "Kahlku, Bzlt*zak, Jarves'h*..."
Rho, sitting in the corner with Theta, sprung to her feet and appeared next to you. "Are you guys going to name your ship? ooh, ooh, name it... Name it something like... Ripper. No, no! Bodice-ripper!"
Sarvesh struggled not to giggle

>>24401706
"Such a knack for names! List some more!"

>>24401706
"I will take your names under consideration, Rho, come sit with me and tell me more while I eat."

>>24401706
"Why did I see that coming?"

>>24401706
"Your naming talents are appreciated; tell me more."

>>24401706
"Well I'd like to name it after some of human mytological creatures."

>>24401706

might as well join Theta and Rho at the table, if they'll let us. Get food before that.

>>24401688

I forgot about that one, it's even better.

>>24401810
>I forgot about that one, it's even better.
how? it's in the opening post

"I will take your names under consideration, Rho. Come sit with me and tell me more while I eat."
"Alright." She said, and the three of you took your seats, snacks in hand.
"Um... Now I can't think of any more. The.. SS It's one of ours, sir?"
"Banned by UPA law." Sarvesh said.
"What, really? That one's banned?"
"It gets confusing when you have four ships named that in the same fleet."
"My other ship is a dreadnaught?" Rho tested.
"Well, I'd like to name it after some human mythological creatures." You say.
"Sita! Kali! Lakshmi!" Rho said. "Indra, Hanuman, Ganesha, Ramayana..."
Sarvesh gave Rho a look.
"Those are spirits."
"Hm? Yeah, but that's all the mythology I know, really." Rho said. "Dragon?"
"Surya?" You ask. "Or gryphon?"
"Oooh, I like Surya. Doesn't have the ring that Bodice Ripper does.

>>24401706
>"I'm thinking Surya. Or Gryphon," You respond.
stance wasn't changed

>>24401871
>doesn't have the ring that Bodice Ripper does, though."

>>24401871
Yeah, let's name it Bodice-Ripper.

>>24401871
"No, it doesn't."

"Einstein, add a note for the next ship I get to name. Make sure to call it Bodice Ripper."

>>24401871

"I'm afraid not many things do, Rho."

>I vote Surya

>>24401902
>>24401901
no nono, that's a stupid name. go with nearly any other name

>>24401902
>>24401901
No, what?

>>24401911
This.

>>24401871
>Surya
Surya is fine

>>24401871
I vote Surya.
Just a minor correction, the Ramayana is an epic. Rama is the god.

Voting for Bodice-Ripper.

"No, it doesn't." You say, and eat a while. For some time, Sarvesh and Rho trade mythologies, suggesting other names, and finally you finish your own sandwiches.
"I'll go with Surya." You say.
"Hooray!" Rho said, and stuck out her tongue at Sarvesh. "See, told you she wouldn't go with Ra... ra..."
"Ra*ta'kula*ta'ta." Sarvesh said. "What, it's the spirit of the skies and the stars! It makes perfect sense."
"It can't be written in any form of writing that makes sense in english!"
"It can in centaur." Sarvesh said.
Rho just gave him a Look.

>>24402045
"Rho, are you saying Centaur isn't a real language? That's specieist."

>>24401902
This, but have him reply "Unable to comply, too silly of a name."

>>24402045
"It's a nice name, but it's problematic that I can't pronounce or spell it. Surya is a lot easier."

>>24402045

"it has a ring to it but it would be problematic with identification, since I can't speak centaur very well.(or not at all.)"

>>24402045
Surya is a hindu sun god making it equally valid, Plus I can actually pronounce it.

>>24402045
"What're we painting it?!? I know you've probably got some great ideas, Rho!"

"Rho, are you saying Centaur isn't a real language?" You ask. "That's specieist."
"No, I'm saying that it's your ship, and you can't even pronounce it, and if it was written on the side, it'd need all those centaur accents and stuff for the clicks and buzzes." She said.
"It's a nice name, but it's problematic that way."
"Aww." Sarvesh said, and drooped. Rho stood on his back, and patted his head.
"What're we painting it? I know you've probably got some great ideas, Rho!"
"Paint it... dark purple and dark red. Maybe dark purple and dark blue. Maybe a bit of black, too?"

Rolled 74

>>24402166
why not dark green and darker red?

>>24402166
Guys. If we make more of the Void Crystals that we have in the gun, we can make the ultimate stealth ship.

>>24402209
first we gotta figure out just exactly how we made it.

>>24402166
"Purple? That's...hmmmmm."

"Maybe grey, with dark green scales across it?"

>>24402230
We made it by Voiding, unlike the Black Crystal which we did by Black Holing

>>24402166

Dark red is a must. maybe with Gold highlights/accents?

do what Anna did and use the paint job to draw attention away from crucial areas.

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>>24402045
I'm up for some dark colors in this pattern.
Dazzle camo is best camo.

>>24402209
The crystal is pretty heavy. Might make it weigh too much.

It's named after a sun god. The sun is yellow.
It's designed after a salvage corvette. Salvage corvettes are yellow.
It must be yellow.

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>>24402261
Here's another example.

>>24402209
Eh, what use would that be anyway? Visible light would be pretty damn far down on the list of standard ways of detecting ships after all.

Rolled 17

>>24402261
>>24402299
while we're going retro. we could go for the old shark jaws paint job...

also

DA RED UNS GO FASTA

"Dark red is a must. Maybe with gold accents?"
"Gold accents would make it look kind of... flashy, though." She said.
"Why not dark green and darker red?"
"Ew, green." Rho said.
"I think dark red would look good, with lighter red accents." Sarvesh said.

>>24402166
Gun-grey with dark green accenting.

>>24402265
Weigh too much for what? I think the incredibly overpowered engines and bubble drive can cope.
And it's not like all the crystals together will weigh more than taking a few people on board, which really shouldn't be a noticeable difference.

>>24402274

quick search turned up lots of gold and Red oh and apparently there is also a chariot involved.

Danger stripes, the whole ship.

>>24402341

Dark red with lighter red lines in combination with yellow danger stripes to obscure important ship parts.

>>24402377
That... actually might not be so bad.

Anyway, it's really easy to repaint it so it's not worth agonising over this shit.

>>24402341
Fuck, we're never gonna reach an agreement on colour, so let's just skip to food.

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>>24402341
Red tiger?

>>24402454
Fund it.

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>>24402454
>>24402341
this

"Let's go with... iridescent black and red, maybe with a bit of lighter red camo." You say. "It should obscure important ship parts."
"That sounds good." Sarvesh said, and Rho just shrugged.
Your color chosen, you tell Omnissiah what colors you want, and grab some more food.
"You guys done with the ship talk?" Theta asked, sidling closer to you. He had pure white skin, now, and black hair- though the tips of his hair was a hot pink.
"For now." Sarvesh said.
"You got bigger." Theta said, looking up at him.
"I did, yes."
Theta tilted his head.
"... I really want to try to shrink you." He said. "See how tiny I can get you."
"Um."

>>24402582
"Oh, err, that's probably not a good idea. If it removes your sudden impulse to do bio-things, do something to me."

>>24402582
"Hey Theta, did Alex manage to drop his shield? Did you get to do anything to him?"

>>24402627
seconding this

Rolled 1

>>24402582
"as cool as it would be to carry sarvesh around in my pocket it's up to him"

>>24402582

"Not without consent."

"Alex was going to ask you to try and change something about him since he can now control his shield. did he and if he did, did it work?"

>>24402582
"Just imagine all the new experiences you could have, Sarvesh! Like walking through doors!"

"Oh, err, that's probably not a good idea." You say. "If it removes your sudden impulse to do bio-things, do something to me."
"Alright." He said, and squinted his eyes at you. And thought.
Then he frowned. "Can't think of anything. Nothing that sounds fun, anyway."

"Hey Theta, did Alex manage to drop his shield? Did you get to do anything to him?"
"Wait, he can drop his shield?" Theta asked. "He never told *me*. Where is he?"
You and Sarvesh both shrug. Suddenly, Rho ... pulsed black, as if a field of that strange black smoke surrounded her for a fraction of a second.
"He's doing his interview." Rho said. "Looked like they're finishing up."
"How do you know that?"
"Teleported in and out." Rho said. "I've gotten really good at doing it so fast nobody can notice."
"... So now I'll have to make sure you're busy when I'm getting into the shower." Theta said.
"Only when you're a girl!"
"... I always shower as a girl."
"Too bad." Rho said, and grinned at him.

>>24402762
"That's cool."

>>24402762
"Damien can see you in the shower even when he's busy."

>>24402762

"Damien is technically able to look at people where ever they are. He tries not to though."

Inhale our food.

>>24402762
"...I should probably keep an eye out for that."

Then, mumbling to self, "I mean, I'm *pretty* sure I didn't see any black smoke, but..."

>>24402762
"Can you make hair multiple different colours? Like red on top, blonde on the end?"

>>24402891
His hair is black with pink tips right now. I doubt he used hair dye.

>>24402762
>Theta never washes his balls

"Can you make hair multiple different colors?" You ask. "Like red on top, blonde on the end?"
"Of course." He said, and lifted up his own hair, where he had hot pink tips.

Suddenly, Rho started giggling at you. Looking at your own hair, it... looks red, still, just like it normally did.

"Damien is technically able to look at people wherever they are." You say. "He tries not to, though."
"Except at certain times, you really need to oogle someone from every vantage point possible." Damien said, walking into the cafeteria.
"Yo." Theta said.
Damien gave you a look... and then held up a mirror to show you you. Theta had chosen only the spots you couldn't see to turn bright, neon green, almost blinding in its intensity.

>>24402957
"...Really?"

>>24402957
"Wow. Make it all like that."

"Oh I'm sorry Theta, I guess you /want/ your showers to alternate between arctic and scalding from now on."

>>24402957
"Wow! Awesome!"

>>24402957

"does this glow in the dark?"
>>24402981

please no.

>>24402981
Seconded!

"... Wow." you say. "Make it all like that."
"As you wish." Theta said, and all of your hair shimmered into that same bright green color. "Hey, and I might screw with your eyes, too. See how weird I can get you to look."
He focused... and your vision twisted... and suddenly you could see... well, every color. You remember, vaguely, in an alternate future you once saw, Sarvesh showed you what things looked like through his eyes, and... this was the same. You could see two entire other wavelengths, the first that Sarvesh had named 'braskh', and a strange... 'bluish' color, you suppose, that hides underneath everyone's skin. Sarvesh had *stripes* of that strange bluish color on his shell, making it look like he'd painted himself tribally.

"... You have centaur eyes." Rho said.
"Huh." Damien said. "W pupils and all."
"They're very pretty." Sarvesh added.

>>24403061
This is awesome.

>>24403061
"They work like centaur eyes too. What's with the stripes, Sarvesh?"

>>24403061
"Woah. Trippy."

>>24403061

please have him change it back when he's done.

>>24403061
Keep, them, so long as they aren't on stalks. Can we see IR too?

>>24403061
can I keep the Eyes for awhile?

>>24403061
"This is pretty cool... I wouldn't mind holding onto these."

>>24403131
seconding this

"They work like centaur eyes too. What's with the stripes, Sarvesh?"
"... Wait, I'm striped?" Sarvesh asked, and looked down at himself, peering closely. "I'm not good with infrared. Too much staring into bright things. Wow, I am!"
He chuckled. "Soon I'll have all the ladies on me." He said. "iridescent IR shells are almost as attractive as pale ones." He explained. "It's not actually stripes- it's just the way my shell is curved. Now I just need to shave off these little growths..."
"... Can I keep the eyes for a while?" You ask.
"Sure, go ahead." Theta said, and shrugged. "Centaur eyes are a bit larger than human ones, so I had to lower your color depth a bit and fuck with your optical nerves to get it all to fit in your sockets."
"Oooh, can you do me too?" Rho asked.

Then her eyebrows lowered, over to her cheekbones, and melted away. Rho no longer had eyes- it was just forehead from her nose up.
"There you go, you rascal." Theta said.
"Hey!" Rho responded.
"You have to promise me you won't spy on me in the shower and I *might* give them back." Theta said.
Rho started punching him, somehow knowing where he was without seeing him.

Damien took a step back. "That's... not terrifying at all."
"What isn't?" Rho asked, and she and Theta stopped for a moment.

>>24403213
"That is a little creepy with the no eyes thing."

>>24403213

"I think he means, seeing a human being without any eyes to speak of."

I think reversing the changes before we have our demonstration would be a good idea.

>>24403213
"Luckily, he's on our side now."

>>24403286
Agreed, it's fun to mess around, but we should probably be a bit serious for presentations which will affect the future of the institute.

>>24403213
"It's just like that old movie, Event Horizon!"

"That is a little creepy with the no eyes thing." You say.
"Says the girl with the centaur eyes that can see heat." Damien responded. You gave him a Look and he took a step back. "... Your pupils just did weird things at me."
"Luckily, he's on our side now."
"Or am I?!" Theta said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"... I don't mean to offend, but all this changing thing is kind of creeping me out." Damien said.
"Yeah, yeah, that's okay." Theta said, and a sly look started to appear on his face. "It's all -"
"NOPE." Damien said, and leapt from the room, skidding out into the hall.
"... Stupid precogs." Theta grumbled.

Sarvesh chuckled, and the infrared on his cheekflaps swelled, almost as if he was blushing.

>>24403340
"As fun as this is, you should probably change us back before the demonstrations."

>>24403340
Hug Theta, we don't want her to get offended. (I say we keep the eyes for now, but maybe not the hair)

>>24403340
"Alex should be coming by soon enough! Turn my eyes back to normal so he doesn't suspect anything, then go wild!"

Rolled 55

>>24403340
what were you gonna do anyway?

>>24403340
Theta confirmed for being able to make Squigglies.

>>24403340
"What were you going to do?"

You pull Theta into a hug, and he returned it. "Alex should be coming soon enough! Turn my eyes back to normal so that he doesn't suspect anything, then go wild!"
"Right!" He responded, and your ears popped as your hair flumphed back to normal, and your vision returned to normal.
"What were you gonna do, anyway?" You ask.
"I'll just do it to Alex instead." He said, as Alex and Jilly came into the room, holding hands. "Hey you two!"
"Hey." Alex said, as Jilly pulled you and Rho into hugs.
"So Heather told me you can lower your shield." Theta said. "You ready to see if I can change things when it's down?"
"Sure, might as well." Alex said.

>>24403494
"Do you want me to count down? Remember, don't worry if we pick things up, Alex. You're in the company of friends!"

>>24403494
"Run Alex, he's gonna give you a vagina!"

>>24403494
Nothing drastic OK, we don't want his body to violently reject what's done to him if his shield drops.

>>24403494
"Good luck Alex."

>>24403494
When he takes his shield down, telepath him.
<Did you tell her yet?>

>>24403559
no we want to see what happens

"Do you want me to count down? Remember, don't worry if we pick things up, Alex. You're in the company of friends!"
"Plus everyone knows my secrets by now anyway..." Alex said, and closed his eyes, and hummed numbers to himself, taking deep breaths...
"Good luck, Alex."
"Thanks, Heath- eek!"
And then suddenly, in his place, was a slightly shorter, very cute girl, with a bob cut and large, brown eyes. She 'eeped' and fell on her knees.
"Ha-ha! It worked!" Theta said, and cackled.
"Wait, wait!" The girl said, her voice light and soft. "... I... Ah...Why? Why would you do this?"
"It's just a little gender swap. And a *lot* of hormone change."
"... Wait, what? Why?!"
"To see if I could!" Theta said.
"Change me back."
"I can't, your shield is up."
The girl got to her feet and glared at Theta- which, now that she was an impossibly cute girl, seemed almost more endearing, her cheeks puffing out and going red. It was almost like those old cartoons, actually.

>>24403614
"You're so cute!"

>>24403614
"It's just like my vintage chinese cartoons!"

>>24403614
"So...adorable!"

Hug the girl-Alex.

>>24403614
"Hehehehehe."

>>24403614
oh come on now alex, how could you not see that coming? besides you look great.

>>24403614
"You're so cute Alexa!"

>>24403659
Alexa or Alexandria.

>>24403614
"This is a good look! It suits you!"

>>24403614
"Oh, oh, do me too!"

>>24403712
Oh fuck yes, this. That'll be hilarious.

>>24403712
Nah, let's wait until Anna is around, then Theta can make man-Heather to surprise her with.

>>24403712
"You're so cute it almost gave me a bo- oh what the hell?

>>24403712
Nah, we'll be stuck like it if he's tired.

>>24403734
We can do it both now and later, this is to make Alex more comfortable.

>>24403712
nah, lets not. although having the eyes again would be cool.

>>24403740
This. O lordy this.

>>24403749
We can ask if he will have the energy

>Psion Quest 52
>The thread in which Psion Quest became indistinguishable from Blatant Fetish Quest

>>24403712
Let's wait for Anna.

>>24403767
Why not?

>>24403789
Not really. We're just messing around with it because we can. It's not like it's permanent.

>>24403734
>>24403798
Agreed.

Come on people, we have to do our demonstration in a while, stop wearing out poor Theta.

"So.... adorable!" You say, and pull her into a hug. "You're so cute, Alexa!"
"Hey, wait!" She cried, trying to struggle her way out of your arms- but she'd lost her strength when Theta changed her.
"So cute!" Rho said, giving her a hug.
"Ooh, ooh, do me too!"
"But I'll be too tired to turn you back in time for the demonstration." He said.
"Hey, I'll need to do the demonstration too!" Alexa called.
"No you won't. your power is purely reactive."
"B-but..."
And then she pouted, teary-eyed.
"Awww!" Jilly called, and wrapped her up in her tail as best she could with you and Rho both hugging her.
"And now you guys know why I went running." Damien said, and Theta just grinned. Sarvesh chuckled.

>>24403614
so theta how is lambda's body coming along

>>24403833
We just stay that way for the demonstration, thetas demonstration complete.

>>24403841
"High five me, Theta."

>>24403841
"D'aww. So cute!"

>>24403841
I guess you should change her back... but I get to try later.

>>24403841
"Hey look at the bright side Alexa! You have a womans body now. Isn't that what some guys wish for from time to time?"

>>24403789
I can tell you have no idea what goes on in BFQ

>>24403841
"On the upside, when it comes time for Theta to demonstrate his/her ability, we can just point at Alexis."

Grin.

>>24403903
Decidedly less genderswapping for one thing.

>>24403924
Well, only because you can't do it just by thinking about it over there. They've already started experimenting with genderswapping rats though.

>>24403841
"Cheer up."

Whisper "You'll enjoy it."

>>24403841
"So that you wouldn't get wrapped up in a big hug by three cute girls?"

>>24403841
"Cheer up Alexa. You have the unique opportunity to learn a few things that no man has had before."

>>24403979
seconding this

>>24403992
>and then Alexa spent the rest of the day in the bathroom.

You turn to Damien. "So that you wouldn't get wrapped up in a big hug by three cute girls?"
"Precisely!" Damien said. "I prefer to have all my bits if I'm going to be hugged by three cute girls."

"D'aww. So cute!" You say. "And on the upside, when it comes time for Theta to demonstrate his ability, we can just point at Alexis!"
"B-but-"
"And... you have the unique opportunity to learn a few thigns that no man has had before."
Alexa's blush suddenly redoubled, and her eyes widened a fraction. "I-I um."
She closed her eyes and lowered her shield. "Change me back." She said, gritting her teeth.
"... Tomorrow, I will." Theta said.

Suddenly, Jilly went very slightly pink- she'd picked something up from Alex's mind.

>>24404095
<Did you talk to Jilly yet?>

>>24404095
"Thinking naughty thoughts, are we, Alexa?"

>>24404095
"Oh Alexa, already thinking about nasty stuff?"

>>24404095
"Enjoy it whilst you can! Oh! You'll need clothes as well!"

>>24404185
She can borrow ours.

>>24404185
>Summer gives him new clothes, they disappear the moment his mind shield goes up.

...and that's how Alexa ended up naked in front of the entire UPA council.

>>24404095
hay alex, looks like your going to have to talk to jilly now.

>>24404209
Wow. subtle.

<Did you talk to Jilly yet?> You asked Alexis.
<Yeah, but that's not important right now!> Alexa responded.
"Thinking naughty thoughts, are we, Alexa?"
"N-no! Just turn me back!"
"Don't worry about it." Sarvesh told her. "We all have those sorts of thoughts. Especially about her."
Jilly just covered her face with her hands, mildly stunned. She looked down to her tail.
"Ohohoho!" Rho said. "I see~"

Then she grabbed Alex and Jilly, and vanished. Reappeared a moment later, sans either of them.
"There!" she said. "Everything's fixed."

>>24404242
"Speedy escapes like that must be so useful."

>>24404146
>>24404157
No.

"You okay, Alex?

>>24404242
"Where'd you put them?"

Rolled 58

>>24404242
...where did you put then rho...

>>24404242
"You know, pushing two people to talk to each other is a bit rude but, I too think they needed a push."

>>24404223
this is already passed subtle.

>>24404242
"Got enough energy to give me a cool hair colour again, Theta? Are you gonna change your name as well?"

>>24404242
"I hope they enjoy themselves."

>>24404270
>implying they'll talk

>>24404269
STOP ROLLING.

"You know, pushing two people to talk to eachother is a bit rude, but I think they needed a push too."
"To talk?" Rho asked. "Ehehehe, naive Heather."
"... where'd you put them?"
"In Alex's bedroom, of course." She said.
"... I hope they enjoy themselves."
"Well, that was fun." Theta said, and bit into another sandwich.
"Got enough energy to give me a cool hair color again, Theta? Are you gonna change your name as well?"
"Yeah, I do." He said, and tapped your hair- it turned a shade of blue. "And I haven't come up with one yet. Any suggestions?"

>>24404242
"Where'd you put them?"

>>24404319
>"And I haven't come up with one yet. Any suggestions?"
I'd pick one that fits no matter which gender you happen to be, seeing how you love to change so often.

Rolled 30

>>24404319
pat sam or alex

that way you can have fun with people trying to guess your gender or wear whichever gender you want and not ave to change your name

>>24404277
>hair color
>not eyes
Seriously, take those babies to the ce.taur homeworld.

>>24404319
"Hmm, Theta is quite good by itself, considering how rapidly you change."

>>24404319
First name I can think of is a reference to the Guise of the Thespian: Thespia, Thespio, etc. Plus it's similar to Theta, so it's not much of a change.

>>24404319
"Fey? Phae? Not a 'normal' name, per se, but normal is boring. Also means you wouldn't need to get used to responding to much different name."

>>24404319
"Rachel?"

>>24404358
>Alex
Nah, but unisex names are a good start.
I've seen quite a few men and women with variations of codi

>>24404319
Morgan, Chris, Sam think gender neutral. personally I like Morgan

Morgan or Codi sounds good to me... Morgon is slightly better imo

>>24404358
Alex is kind of taken. But Sam or Ashley or Robin or Andy or Chris or Max work.

>>24404428
Morgan's good.

"Pat? Sam? Alex? Unisex names are a good start."
"That'd just get confusing if I was called Alex, and I don't like Sam or Pat." He said.
"Ashley? Robin? Andy? Chris? Codi?"
"... Huh." He said. "Codi works."
"I like how you don't deliberate at all. Isaac took *days* to figure out his name." Rho said.
"Speaking of which, where is Isaac?"
"He's out of the station again." She said. "He's been acting weird the past few days, since you showed up."
"I doublechecked to make sure I turned him to normal." He said.
"... Hey, I like Robin." Rho said. "It starts with an R too, so it'll be pretty much the same for me."

Robin suits her

>>24404451
We already have a Harry, you can be Bill

Morgan sounds good to me...

>>24404471
"Sounds good! How much longer till the demonstrations?"

Lambda deciding to die hurt him pretty badly. He was ready to go after Armatek and destroy them utterly.

... I doubt I would have tried very hard to stop him. Armatek needs to be stopped. They aren't going to stop themselves I don't think.

>>24404471
"Well, that's that then."
<Hey Isaac, are you okay?>

>>24404500
It does, actually. Not a fan of Codi for Theta though.

>>24404471
I could get behind Robin.

Did we ever tell Rho we were behind the devourer?

"Lambda deciding to die hurt him pretty badly. He was ready to go after Armatek and destroy them utterly."
"As we probably should, once we have Delta back." Rho- now Robin- said.
"... Nah, on second thought, I don't like Codi." Theta suddenly said.
"Morgan?"
"Nah, don't like that one either." Theta said. "Until I find one, I'll stick like this."
"Sounds good. How much longer until the demonstrations?"
Sarvesh checked his personacom. "A few minutes. Not long."

You close your eyes, and reach out to Isaac, who was sitting in the asteroid belt again.
<Hey, Isaac, are you okay?> You ask.

He took a while to respond.
<Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for worrying.> He said. <It's just... so beautiful out here. So big, so wide... it helps me feel free.>

>>24404583
>Not a fan of Codi for Theta though.
me neither, Morgan is so much better.
>>24404590
I positive we did

>>24404550
But having a being that can break moons wandering on a rampage of revenge is a pretty bad idea. If we want to take down Armatek, we need to take off the head without damaging the body.

>>24404616
<You'll have to teach me the atmosphere trick one day.>

>>24404616
@ Theta: Really I don't think any one name fits you. Theta is a much better descriptor, because you're always theta, even if you're pretending to be Sam or Lily or Whoever.

@ Isaac: Did you see me flying?

@Sarvesh: Why not keep the spines? They make you look menacing.

>>24404616
<I like it too. By the way, Rho just decided to take Robin as a name.>

>>24404663
he wants to be with a human woman, spines might scratch

>>24404663
Cause no one wants to sleep on a spiky crab.

<You'll have to teach me that atmosphere trick, one day.>
<In a bit, I can come back inside and show it to you.> He responded.
<Did you see me flying?>
<In that ship? Yeah.>
<By the way, Rho just decided to take Robin as a name.>
<... Suits her.>

"Really, I don't think any one name suits you." You say. "Theta is a much better descriptor, because you're always Theta, even if you're pretending to be Sam or Lily or Whoever."
"Good point, actually." Theta said. "I agree."

"And why not keep the spines?" You ask. "They make you look menacing."
"Except shearing those off are... similar to shaving, I suppose. It makes me look sloppy." Sarvesh said.

Robin just nommed on another sandwich.
"Time for us to go. Heather, they want you up after Summer." Damien said. "and then I'll go after you to delay them asking for Jilly. Then Rho can do her thing, and Theta can do his, and then Sarvesh."

>>24404765
"Alrighty."

Best not keep 'em waiting. Head down to the testing area.

>>24404765
lets crush a cement block trying for another Heat crystal

>>24404765
"What do they want me to do? Just TK some stuff around?"

>>24404765
Grab an energy shake and go.

How are we going to impress them? I'm thinking we stick to TK and Technopathy, and leave the annihilation spheres secret. We could do the black holes, though, since they're TK.

>>24404801
We're killing them all with radiation poisoning? Okay!

>>24404811
errr, these guys have all the researchers notes on what we can do. Not many secrets unless we hide some of our abilities from them as well

>>24404765
"Okay! Time to crush some stuff with TK!"

>>24404822
different thing entirely actually.

hmm I wonder if we can guide our Memory Precog to show us exactly how we did that crystal.

>>24404811
"annihilation spheres" and black holes are the same.

>>24404822
>We're killing them all with radiation poisoning? Okay!
the radiation was from trying to annihilate matter.

>>24404877
I think he means the time we actually destroyed the matter instead of compressing it

>>24404877
No they're not. One made the heat crystal, the other makes Isaac's crushed asteroid spheres.

>>24404877
No they aren't. One creates an unknown element, the other just creates superdense carbon with traces of everything else that gets sucked in.

>>24404933
Same thing, just with different concept.

"Okay!" You say, and grab an energy drink. "Time to crush some stuff with TK!"

On the way down to the TK room, you hear someone playing a fiddle, and then someone else trumpeting, and finally, swords clashing. Through the cameras, you saw Summer... with a sliver from an old, medieval story, with trumpeters, minstrels playing, and two medieval knights fighting. Soon, one knight was disarmed, and the minstrels started clapping- as did the supervising technicians and council members. Summer bowed, and she made her way out, the people vanishing.
"Heather, can you go in there next?" Manus asked, coming up in the hall. "We'll just wheel some things out and ask you to do things with them. Okay?"
You nod, and make your way in. Several technicians wheeled out pallets with massive, dense blocks, almost devastatingly heavy.
"Please stack these four blocks with telekinesis, please." The intercom said.

>TK STRENGTH GO.

Max's next project: Maximillion's Big Book of Psionic Powers

Rolled 32

>>24404974
come on heat crystals

Rolled 17

>>24404974
punch that shit into a black hole

Rolled 13

>>24404974
97

Rolled 59

>>24404974
Failure, here I come.

Rolled 31

>>24404974
TELE
KINESIS

Rolled 44

>>24404974

Rolled 29

>>24404974
let there be lift

>>24404989
>>24404999
>>24405001
Well, we're underwhelming.

Rolled 36

>>24404974
Inb4 nat1 and we create a metal monster

Rolled 60

>>24404974
IT'S TIME TO GET RIIIIIIIPPPPEEEDDD

Psionically, that is.

Rolled 82

>>24404974
our dice has found us... lacking